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A trick to feeling pretty

You know those mornings when you look in the mirror and start analyzing every flaw? Well, I heard a great trick a while back: Pretend you’re a friend instead. Suddenly, you look in the mirror and see yourself as others see you. You'll look much prettier and won't be nearly as critical. Now, instead of stressing about my old-lady under-eye wrinkles, I'll suddenly think, oh, she looks friendly, she has a warm smile, let's hang out!

Honestly, go try it and report back! I've been amazed by how well that little trick works in changing your perspective.

It could be a nice try, but wouldn't work for me...simply because I know I'm lying to myself from the beginning. Instead, I totally accept myself the way I am/feel that day and tell myself "now smile, 'cause you've got a day to go with that horrible face of today" :D

As soon as I start having those horrible negative thoughts about my appearance, I try to imagine that some impressionable little girl (maybe even me as a 5-year-old) can hear them. Snaps me right out of it because I would never want to model that kind of self-hate for someone else, so why do it to myself?

What a sweet post! I have looked back on my teenage diaries and been heartbroken about how hard I was on myself.I should have spent every critical moment admiring my dewy complexion! I try to remind myself that just 10 years from now, I will be mad at myself for fixating on my present flaws. This post was a wonderful reminder to be kind and friendly to myself. Thank you!!

As with ALL of life it is really what you see ... not what you are looking at. Change your perspective - make it positive & the world is a sunnier place and you are..well, a shining star!Great post!Kelly

Great idea! I've been going through a particularly bad period of low self esteem and making a real effort to dig myself out of it.

Greatist.com had a fabulous article on using self talk to promote better body image. It suggested finding something you like about yourself every time you look in the mirror. Now, right before I'm about to see my reflection, I challenge myself to see how quickly I can find something I like. It's like a little race and it's really kept me from focusing on my "flaws"!

I never would have thought of this. I am going to try it the next time I feel frumpy. Ironically my mom just commented on how sometimes I am dressed really nicely for work and sometimes I am a schlub and I told her my outfit depends on how pretty I feel that morning.

I love this! I discovered something similar in high school. Whenever I felt like I was having an "off" day, I thought about the times when my friends told me they were having off days. I could never tell! I never look at my friends and think "oh she's having an off day with her appearance" haha most of the time, I don't even realize when they're not wearing makeup. So I always think about that when I'm feeling less attractive - probably nobody will even notice and still think I look great!

Something I invested in recently for the same purpose of starting your day off right is a really great, totally sexy robe. Every morning when I wake up, I put it on and before I even look in the mirror I feel like a glamorous 50's movie star. It really changes the way you feel about yourself the rest of the day.

I know this won't work for me. I cannot pretend to say something to myself from a friend's perspective - because let's face it - even our closest of friends will have some streak of jealousy or competitiveness.

But what does work for me is talking to myself in the mirror, being myself. I would say "Nisha you are looking stunning today", "these earrings are making you look better", "oooh look at that sexy hair", "good job on the eyeliner today darlin'", and so on.

At 31, I've let my natural colour grow out and stopped wearing makeup everyday. I got a haircut that I can let air-dry without looking bonkers. I was longing to be closer to my more authentic self and years of obsessing over makeup, hairstyles and my general appearance seemed to be moving me farther away from that.

I was my own experiment and the result was that... nothing changed. Or at least, the things I thought would change didn't. I also really value all the time I've gotten back. I wouldn't leave the house without even basic no-makeup makeup on before.

It's also a bit of a mind trip thinking about all the years I spent essentially trying not to look like myself.

I get this might not be for everyone but I feel like I learned something really valuable.

i read this great book last year called 'the gifts of imperfection' where the advice was the same, except with negative self-talk: if you find yourself calling yourself negative names, making negative comments about yourself to yourself, etc., just imagine that you are instead saying those things to a friend. you would clearly never tell a friend she looked horrible/awful/stupid/etc., so why would you say this to yourself? if you talk to yourself as though you are talking to a friend instead, the dialogue (monologue? haha) becomes much more positive. :)

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wow Jo, just read this and got me thinking of the way we talk to ourselves. We wouldn't talk to our friends that way (or else wouldn't have many friends!) but are happy talking to ourselves in a less than positive way. Thanks for the perspective. xx

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